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" Harry Partch, hobo composer / "
S. Andrew Granade.
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853656
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Granade, S. Andrew
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Harry Partch, hobo composer /\ S. Andrew Granade.
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Rochester, New York ;Suffolk, England :: University of Rochester Press,, 2014.
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, ©2014
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Eastman Studies in Music,; Volume 120
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1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages) :: illustrations, photographs, tables.
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1322348103
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: 9781580468749
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9781580464956
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-341) and index.
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The hobo in Partch's early life and aesthetic -- Interlude 1 : transients and migrants -- The transient journey -- Bitter music -- A knight of the road -- Interlude 2 : hoboes -- U.S. highball : becoming a musical hobo -- A newsboy letter -- Trading on a hobo image -- The strangest kind of hobo.
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During the Great Depression, Harry Partch rode the railways, following the fruit harvest across the country. From his experience among hoboes he found what he called ""a fountainhead of pure musical Americana."" Although he later wrote immense stage works for instruments of his own creation, he is still regularly called a hobo composer for the compositions that grew out of this period of his life. Yet few have questioned the label''s impact on his musical output, compositional life, and reception. Focusing on Partch the person alongside the cultural icon he represented, this study examines Par.
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Partch, Harry,1901-1974.
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Partch, Harry,1901-1974.
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Composers-- United States, Biography.
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Hobo songs-- History and criticism.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Composers Musicians.
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Composers.
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HISTORY-- United States-- 20th Century.
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Hobo songs.
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MUSIC-- Genres Styles-- Classical.
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MUSIC-- Reference.
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United States.
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780.92
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ML410.P176.G73 2014eb
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